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Family: Moraceae	Genus: Ficus	Species: Ficus religiosa Linn.( पीपल )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Urostigma religiosum (Linn.) Gaspar, F. affine Miq	Flower Color	White
Common Name		Flower Type	Hypanthodium
English / Trade Name	Peepal, Bo tree, Bodhi tree, Holy tree, Sacred fig	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Peepal	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Up 3000 m	Fruit Type	Syconium
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Figs in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, to 1.2 cm across, dark purple when ripe; basal bracts 3, suborbicular, pubescent.
Habitat	Common; cultivated as well as wild.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution		Bark Details	Bark grey, smooth, irregularly pitted when old.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Large tree, epiphytic when young; all parts except the bracts glabrous; Bark grey, smooth, irregularly pitted when old Leaves more or less pendulous, broadly ovate; stipules linear subulate, axillary, geminate, sessile, depressed-globose,1-1.5 cm diam., smooth, glabrous,dark purple when ripe, basal bracts 3, broad, rounded, spreading, ciliate or pubescent. Figs in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, to 1.2 cm across, dark purple when ripe; basal bracts 3, suborbicular, pubescent.	Leaf Details	Leaves more or less pendulous, broadly ovate; stipules linear subulate, axillary, geminate, sessile, depressed-globose,1-1.5 cm diam., smooth, glabrous,dark purple when ripe, basal bracts 3, broad, rounded, spreading, ciliate or pubescent.

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